Auction Catalogue

24 & 25 June 2009

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 427

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25 June 2009

Hammer Price:
£270

Pair: Private P. Hoad, Calcutta Presidency Battalion, Auxiliary Forces India, late Royal Sussex Regiment

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4810 Pte., 2d Bn. Ryl. Suss. Regt.); Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Pte., Cal. Pres. Bn. A.F.I.) impressed naming, minor correction to unit, mounted for wear, first with edge bruise and some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2) £160-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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Peter Hoad was born in the Parish of Ashburnham, Battle, Sussex. A Labourer by occupation he enlisted into the Royal Sussex Regiment at Hastings on 8 January 1895. With the 1st and 2nd Battalions he served in India, December 1896-January 1907, for which service he was awarded the India Medal 1895 with two clasps. Remaining in India after his discharge on 8 January 1907, he joined the Volunteers. In 1925 he was awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal as a Private in the Calcutta Presidency Battalion A.F.I., ref. I.A.O. 591 of July 1925. With copied service papers and other research.